Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 63 (2007) 2, pp. 211-243
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives for raising privatization proceeds for a panel of 22 OECD countries from 1990 to 2001. We test whether privatizations can be mainly interpreted (a) as a means to foster growth, increase tax income, and relax the fiscal stance,...